Re: Use HP iPAQ hw6515 as a Bluetooth GPS for a Laptop

Well, here's the application I was thinking about
http://franson.com/gpsgate/index.asp?
Might contact these guys to see if they know of a way to do what you want.
Even if they don't they might consider it a challenge and opportunity,
seeing that there are several GPS equipped PPC out there.

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Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"Jim Reid" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:015jh1dl1rm9k41gmo68odm1cqci8kvf7e@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:50:30 -0600, "Sven" <sejohannsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Theoretically sure. You would need to take the GPS stream coming off the
>>6515's GPS and delivered as a virtual serial port and redirect it to
>>another
>>serial port, which is connected to the laptop as a BT serial service, and
>>then have S&T look at that BT serial port.
>>
>>Problem is, I'm not aware of any software designed to do that redirection.
>>There is some stuff around that takes a serial port and splits it into
>>multiple feeds so you could run more than one GPS app at a time, but I'm
>>not
>>sure if it could be configured to do what you want. Hopefully someone here
>>will post the name or a link, as it escapes me at the moment. The
>>developer
>>reads and posts here too, so it might not take long.
>
> Thank you very much for the information. I already have the 6515
> connected to my tabletpc using BT serial and I am able to Activesync
> using the connection. So, now I'm just looking for the software to
> send the GPS data to the BT serial port within the device, as you
> mentioned. Bluetooth Manager on the 6515 makes no mention of GPS,
> unfortunately.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim


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